Step-By-Step Guide: Configuring Hyper-V and Failover Clustering for Windows Server 2008 R2 on the HP ProLiant DL980, rev 1

Domain Users account that is in the Administrators group on each clustered server. In addition, if the

account is not a Domain Admins account, the account (or the group of which the account is a member)

must be given the Create Computer Objects and Read All Properties permissions in the

domain.

Limitations for Using Hyper-V and Failover Clustering

Specific limitations for using Hyper-V and the Failover Clustering feature are outlined below.

• A maximum number of 16 nodes in the failover cluster are allowed.

• You can have a maximum number of 1000 virtual machines per cluster for server computer

virtualization, with a maximum of 384 on any one node. When Hyper-V is used in conjunction with

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) for client computer virtualization, you can have a maximum of 1000

VDI (Windows XP/Windows Vista®/Windows® 7) virtual machines per cluster, with a maximum of

384 on any one node.

• The number of virtual machines allowed for each node does not change regardless of the size of the

cluster.